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In a bid to end its 5 year nuclear standoff with the international community, Iran’s so-called “constructive and creative” response on July 4 has come on the back of hints and rumors suggesting that it might also be willing to honor a ‘six week’ moratorium on new centrifuge deployments and uranium enrichment in return for a moratorium on new sanctions. Although such suggestions fall clearly short of halting current centrifuge activities and enrichment, they are, nevertheless, being interpreted as a positive sign which might possibly lead to a process of conclusive discussions with the ‘5+1’ countries.

The Mullahs' Dead End? Frontpage Interview's guest today is Hassan Daioleslam, an Iranian human rights activist and political scholar. Daioleslam was born in Tehran in 1957. After finishing his primary and high school in Tehran, he entered the Polytechnic University of Tehran in 1974. In the years after the 1979 Iranian Islamist Revolution in Iran, he became a student movement leader standing up against Khomeini's repression and mass executions. He eventually left the country and settled in France. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Daioleslam was active with Iranian secular movements, human rights activities and the defense of Iranian political prisoners. By FrontPageMagazine.com

Our Man in Iran? Iran’s latest missile tests occurred just as there have been glimmers of progress in nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the Western powers. Whether or not those talks succeed, it’s time for Washington to open a diplomatic post in Tehran. more By The New York Times

Iran's Blood-drenched Mullahs A s a sign of the troubled relations between Tehran and the West, Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno just renamed the street next to the Iranian embassy "July 9th St." - after the date symbolizing the 1999 student pro-democracy demonstrations in Tehran. Iran responded angrily, but at the same time released a statement by its foreign minister about possible progress in negotiations over its nuclear program. While the diplomatic rhetoric may appear ambivalent, Tehran's domestic actions appear much more clear and defiant. Last Tuesday, Iran hanged another teenager, 19-year-old Hamid Reza, who was convicted of murder. The country's parliament is also considering a bill that could result in the death penalty being used for those deemed to be promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the Internet. more By The Washington Times

What the Mullahs Should Mull "I warn you to abandon the filthy Zionist entity, which has reached the end of the line." That, from earlier this year, was but one of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hysterical verbal assaults on a fellow member of the United Nations. If there is a regime anywhere on the globe whose leader regularly and volubly looks forward to the "destruction" of another nation, I'm not familiar with it. (Mr. Ahmadinejad actually anticipates the annihilation of two nations, since he has also spoken of a world without the United States.) more By The Washington Times 'Greece helped Israel study Iranian air defense system' Translate: [ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es] US journalist: During massive IAF maneuver in June Israel tested Russian S-300 anti-aircraft radar ahead of possible attack on Iran.... Iran president hits back over nuclear criticism (Reuters) news-yahoo Monday, July 14, 2008 3:16:00 PM CEST Translate:[ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es] Iran'seuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hit back at a senior adviser to Iran's top authority who had criticized his "provocative" speeches about the country's nuclear work, which the West says is a cover to build bombs.... World 'would rue' attack on Iran bbc Monday, July 14, 2008 2:54:00 PM CEST Translate:[ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es] Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the any military attack on Iran over its nuclear programme would cost the world dearly.... Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: 'One Can't Push us Around' spiegel-en Monday, July 14, 2008 1:54:00 PM CEST Translate:[ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es] The EU and Iran are meeting on Saturday for talks to end the nuclear standoff. In an interview with SPIEGEL, Mohammed Nahavandian, 53, an adviser to Iran's president, talks about his country's expectations and supposed willingness to negotiate.... Iranian Press Menu 13 July 08 fardanews Monday, July 14, 2008 12:31:00 PM CEST Translate:[ar] [zh] [fr] [de] [it] [ja] [ko] [pt] [ru] [es] AFTAB-E YAZD 1. Editorial: "Little communists' insolence or Iran's shortcoming?" The daily blames the government's repetitive indulgence and weakness toward the hostile conduct of Russia and China over Iran's nuclear dossier; it states that these states have understood that with Iran's relations.......